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January 23, 2020

Governor Pritzker, Chief Justice Burke and Other Leaders Help Inaugurate CBA/CBF Rock Cullerton Access to Justice Award

All three branches of government came together at the Chicago Bar Association this week as Governor Pritzker, Chief Justice Burke, and new Senate President Don Harmon were among those who helped honor retiring Senate President John Cullerton and inaugurate the new CBA/CBF Rock Cullerton Access to Justice Award.

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    January 21, 2020

    Sean Berkowitz to Chair 2020 Investing in Justice Campaign

    Sean Berkowitz, partner at Latham & Watkins LLP, will lead the CBF’s 14th Annual Investing in Justice Campaign. The Campaign is the CBF’s annual initiative that rallies Chicago’s entire legal community around our common cause of ensuring that everyone has access to necessary legal help, not just people who can afford it. This year’s Campaign will kick off on March 2nd and run throughout the month. Thousands of individual lawyers and legal professionals at more than 150 Chicago-area law firms, corporate legal departments, companies, and other-law related organizations are again expected to be part of the Campaign.

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    January 17, 2020

    Legal Aid Committee—Selected Highlights 2019

    Each year, the CBA’s Legal Aid Committee compiles their program, litigation, and policy highlights from the year before and this year’s booklet is as inspiring as ever! 2019 was a big year for legal aid organizations and the clients they serve—from individual cases where a legal aid attorney saved someone’s home, family, and livelihood, to […]

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    January 14, 2020

    Make Law Better by Looking Outside Law—Retail and Travel Edition

    By Bob Glaves | CBF Executive Director

    With the holiday season just behind us, one thing we all did recently was buy things—often lots of things—and many of us took a year-end trip as well. So it seemed only natural to start my 2020 Resolution for the Legal Profession series by focusing on what […]

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    December 30, 2019

    CBF Seeks JEP Community & Training Manager

    The Justice Entrepreneurs Project Community & Training Manager will be responsible for serving as the point person for and manager of the JEP Network, Managing and continually evaluating the JEP curriculum, mentoring program and knowledge management tools, and developing user-friendly and accessible resources for public education and outreach.  The CBF offers a competitive salary, […]

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    December 16, 2019

    2020 Resolution—Make Law Better by Looking Outside Law

    By Bob Glaves | CBF Executive Director

    One of the common traits of our legal profession is to view ourselves as unique in the world. And that is certainly true to an extent, as the practice of law involves specialized expertise and services that good lawyers are distinctively able to provide.

    But we are […]

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    December 16, 2019

    JEP moveJEP Has All the Moves

    We are excited to announce that the CBF Justice Entrepreneurs Project has officially moved its headquarters to 73 W. Monroe, Suite 100. After a wonderful 6-year run in the lofty, heavy timber office space just west of Union Station, the JEP is keeping it moving and getting closer to the action in the Loop. […]

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    December 13, 2019

    Lawyers in the Classroom

    Looking to give back in the new year? The Edward J. Lewis II Lawyers in the Classroom program is seeking volunteers to visit second through eighth grade classrooms to help students to better understand the U.S. Constitution, our legal system, and law-related careers through a fun, interactive curriculum. Learn more at a training on […]

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    November 22, 2019

    Build It and They Might Not Come

    By Bob Glaves | CBF Executive Director

    Since the days of yore, our courts and larger legal system
    have centered around a “build it and they will come” model that requires people
    to come to us on our terms. If you have a dispute, come downtown to the courthouse
    and they’ll take care of it. And if […]

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    November 19, 2019

    Fourteenth Cohort of JEPers Kick Off 18-month Incubator Program

    A few weeks ago, the CBF Justice Entrepreneurs Project welcomed five fantastic attorneys into the program. The “Fab Five,” as they’ve come to be known, are excited to build the type of client-centric firms that embody the principles of the JEP, committed to providing affordable services to the underserved. The new JEPers will join over […]

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